Here's What Happened When an Alaskan City Took Fluoride Out of Their Drinking Water:
"Despite what dentists keep telling us about the protective effects of fluoride on people's teeth, virulent myths insisting otherwise somehow manage to persist.
These kinds of mistaken beliefs might be false, but their consequences are very real.
Like when, in 2007, the people of Juneau, the capital of Alaska, voted to stop putting fluoride in their drinking water, over concerns about what harms it might be doing to them.
...But while research into the benefits of water fluoridation has existed for decades – and suggests fluoride reduces cavities (aka caries) and associated dental disease – less is known about the effects of fluoride cessation.
In other words, what happens when a population suddenly stops taking fluoride in their drinking water, like Juneau's citizenry did?..."
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